Trivia / Bob Roberts

• Real-Life Relative: Tim Robbins' stepdaughter Eva Amurri briefly cameos as a child patient in the hospital scene.
• Saved from Development Hell: Tim Robbins spent five years trying to interest numerous studios in the script. The big break came when Alan Rickman read the script, liked it, and wanted to be in the cast. Rickman had become a big name post-Die Hard, so his attachment to the project finally got it greenlighted.
• Technology Marches On: Man, those computers that the Roberts campaign uses look ancient, especially Bob's laptop.
• What Could Have Been: Tim Robbins offered Richard E. Grant the role of Lukas Hart III while they were making The Player.

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